Duberria variegata (PETERS, 1854)

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Higher Taxa	Pseudoxyrhophiidae, Amplorhininae, Elapoidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Variegated or Spotted Slug Eater
Synonym	Homalosoma variegatum PETERS 1854: 622 Homalosoma variegatum — BOULENGER 1888: 140 Homalosoma variegatum — BOULENGER 1884: 276 Duberria variegata — BROADLEY 1990: 486 Duberia [sic] variegata — BAUER et al. 1995: 72 Duberria variegata — WALLACH et al. 2014: 250
Distribution	E Republic of South Africa, S Mozambique Type locality: “Inhambane” [Mozambique]
Reproduction	ovoviviparous
Types	Holotype: ZMB 4802
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Comment
Etymology	Named after Latin variegatus, colored, party colored, variegated, i.e. the variable, irregular patches (even though many specimens have a rather regular pattern).
References	Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.) 2014. Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 pp. Bauer, A.M.; Günther,R. & Klipfel,M. 1995. The herpetological contributions of Wilhelm C.H. Peters (1815-1883). SSAR Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology, 714 pp. Boulenger,G.A. 1888. On new or little known South African reptiles. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 2: 136-141 - get paper here Branch, William R. 1993. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 144 S. Broadley D G 1990. The herpetofaunas of the islands off the coast of south Mocambique. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9 (35): 469-493 Haacke, W. D.; Bruton, M. N. 1978. On two little known snakes from the Tropical Subtraction zone of Southeastern Africa. Annals Transvaal Museum 31 (5): 43-50 + 2 plates - get paper here Peters,W.C.H. 1854. Diagnosen neuer Batrachier, welche zusammen mit der früher (24. Juli und 17. August) gegebenen Übersicht der Schlangen und Eidechsen mitgetheilt werden. Ber. Bekanntmach. Geeignet. Verhandl. Königl.-Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 614-628 Tolley, K.A., Conradie, W., Pietersen, D.W., Weeber, J., Burger, M. & Alexander, G.J. (eds) 2023. Conservation status of the reptiles of South Africa, Eswatini and Lesotho. Suricata 10. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria - get paper here Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams, Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/reptiles/squamata/serpentes/colubridae… Google images

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